Here’s something, of the many things, I’m completely clueless about

Of the many, many things I’m clueless about, it’s mushrooms and fungi.

I’ve said here before that I’m a curious soul, and enjoy trying to understand stuff. I enjoy delving into politics, social policy, history, art, nature, and mechanical things I can grasp how they work, though obviously not quantum mechanics.

I regularly walk in the local heathland, finding pleasure in studying wild orchids, bog plants and the like. On these walks I see mushrooms and fungi, I take photos of them, and then try to identify them. We’ve books on identifying and using mushrooms including Roger Phillips encyclopedia of Mushrooms and other fungiwhich has over 1000 examples. [NB my wife likes mushrooms and can identify edible ones]. Me, I’m utterly hopeless. Here are a few recently taken photos.

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Theres a chap frequently seen early to mid-morning on Brentmoor (both SHBC Reserve & MOD area) who collects specimens … saw him arguing with the SWT Ranger about the flat box of ‘samples’ he was carrying recently – convincing Ben that he was a collector, not an Eastern European Harvester !

Anyways, reserve 30 mins if you bump into him – he is more than happy to impart his knowledge of the ‘Fungi Kingdom’ – could say he’s a fun-guy to talk to !